We’re a modern, boutique flight school with a name from Cincinnati's aviation heritage. She is available for instruction and rental for $95/hr plus fuel.
We offer personalized scheduling, all levels of training, and the airplanes are available for rental 24/7. The original Queen City Flying Service operated at Lunken Field from the 1920s until 1971. We are thrilled to bring back such a historic name and we hope to honor the legacy of the many great pilots, flight instructors, and mechanics who worked at QCFS back then. The modern version will carry
05/16/2026
Thanks once more to PSO for squeezing us into their busy shop schedule to knock out 222’s 100-hr inspection before this weekend’s checkrides. The autopilot was officially diagnosed as a fried control box, so it’ll remain deactivated until the owner decides to replace it.
05/16/2026
We haven’t determined if mikeroweWORKS distinguishes between Pt 141 vs Pt 61, the scholarship administrator couldn’t answer the question via email, so we encourage clients to apply anyway and we’ll see what happens.
05/15/2026
Michael Brands represented QCFS at the old terminal redevelopment groundbreaking yesterday. It’s great to see progress finally happening!
05/14/2026
Our thoughts are with our neighbors and industry colleagues to the east.
04/01/2026
https://docs.google.com/videos/d/1owUmoot0ZQzVlr57ezv4ovy_GANwn2TZPhggu1yvQyY/edit?usp=sharing Everyone say hello to Jeff!
QCFS intro Hello, I'm Jeff Smith, the new spokes model for Queen City Flying Service. I'll be responding to all media inquiries and interview requests and I can answer questions about the flight training process. Josh Hunter is too big a deal now to do this himself, so I'm taking over that role. I have the ...
Call/text 812-221-2893 ANY time, not just 8am to 4pm. Josh L and Jack are waiting!!
02/11/2026
Welcome to the team, Josh L! Josh has a ton of experience and has been an independent instructor since moving on from Sporty’s last year. Our clients will benefit immensely from his background!
Thanks to Pilot Services of Ohio for squeezing Ruby’s inspection into their busy shop schedule.
12/01/2025
To say we’re proud of Wittley Williams would be a massive understatement! She had to apply for a medical waiver and then take essentially a checkride with an FAA examiner to get the waiver. Armed with that experience, she crushed Stage 1 and has reached FIRST SOLO!!! Congrats to CFIs Michael and Jack for working through this unique situation with her, and there’s no doubt Wittley will reach her goal of certification quite soon.
11/30/2025
Huge congratulations to Michael Strady on his successful Private Pilot certification!!! It’s been quite a journey from soloing at 16 a little more than a few years ago and then having to set aside flying until now. He came to us right after Labor Day, “re-soloed” in short order, and then cruised through XC phase. Mike capped off his course with an extra long XC over to Indianapolis for his checkride because of the extreme shortage of examiners in Cincinnati. Thanks to JC Buehler for once again working us into his checkride schedule, and congrats to Mike’s CFIs Michael Brands and Jack van Norman. On to Instrument!